Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Synagogical.
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- adjective
synagogical
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Examples
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It is the first American non-synagogal Jewish charity.
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I began to chafe at the demands of his all-consuming synagogal duties, and at the meagre rewards, beyond the fulsome greetings of members on Saturdays and an occasional word of thanks, which he received in return.
A Question of Honour Lord Michael Levy 2008
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In contrast, the newer Ashkenazic community, which for the most part lacked the educational background and linguistic facility of the Sephardim, required the security of a traditional synagogal hierarchy, maintained through a strict adherence to biblical rites and customs.
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He did not think anyhow that synagogal affiliation made any difference.
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By the eleventh century, this custom was universally a part of the synagogal service.
Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers Joseph I. Gorfinkle
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In Arabia the old synagogal custom of reciting the Targum at the religious services had been retained, and consequently more interest was felt there in the pronunciation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Some writers, as has been seen, believe with Holtzmann that in the episcopi and presbyteri, there is simply the synagogal system of archontes and hyperetai.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Hence it has been argued by some non-Catholic writers that in the bishops and deacons of the New Testament there is simply the synagogal organization familiar to the first converts, and introduced by them into the Christian communities.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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There seems to have been no established style of synagogal architecture.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, Moorish forms have gradually come to be considered the distinctive trait of synagogal architecture.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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